As the competition of the upcoming film festival heats up, both Kai and Umiko are beginning to see that they themselves are the story!

Umiko has known for a while that she wants to make a film all about Kai—but films need scripts, and Insta influencer Sora has seen enough parasocial relationships online to spot one in Umiko’s first draft! Stung once again by Sora’s insight, Umiko sees that in order to make a movie, she needs to ask herself more deeply why it is she’s drawn to film Kai.

Kai’s shooting his own film—a gruesome zombie movie—and Umiko’s volunteered to join the cast, made up with a bloody knife through her head! But the mood on the set is bad, and Kai realizes that he doesn’t know yet what makes for a good director.

Meanwhile, Kai’s father, never very supportive of his film school ambitions, has become furious with his son over his new online celebrity. Summoned home, an upset Kai waits with Umiko at the station for the train to arrive that will take him back to his family. At the last moment, just before the doors close on him, she jumps in…